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Like the iPhones, phones distributed by Google, starting with the Google Phone G1 in 2008, and continuing to the Nexus phones and today's current Pixel phones (
by simulate 8y ago
Like the iPhones, phones distributed by Google, starting with the Google Phone G1 in 2008, and continuing to the Nexus phones and today's current Pixel phones (Pixel 1, 2, and 3), have never had crapware.
- 52-6F-62 8y agoI have (outside of my personal iPhone) an LG ThinQ 7 through work and I don't recall it coming loaded with a bunch of crapware, either. There were your standard apps plus "LG Switch" which is for file transfers and "LG Health" which is pretty self-explanatory. Beyond that there was NextRadio as the phone has an FM receiver. Plus the Google Play stuff. Not too bad. Can't say anything about their other phones, though. (Prior to this phone I had a Samsung S6 and that thing was nightmarish with all the bloatware)
- pacala 8y agoNever had crapware other than google ‘s own spyware.
- bitbiter 8y agoThe Nexus One had preinstalled apps that could not be removed, specifically Amazon MP3, Twitter, and Facebook.
- retzkek 8y agoI believe this is also true of the many phones branded "Android One" https://www.android.com/one/ https://www.android.com/one/
- lawl 8y agoThat's what I thought too. Bought a Nokia/HMD android one phone, not through my carrier. After I put my SIM in and booted the phone it started downloading crapware my provider offers... Luckily downloaded regularly through the play-store, so I could just immediately delete it afterwards. But it still seems there's deals going on there even if you don't buy the phone from your carrier and it's android one.
- deleted 8y ago[deleted]
- Someone1234 8y agoThat isn't really accurate, you're just defining "crapware" is such a way so that Google's apps don't qualify. That's a double standard. Google Drive, Gmail, Google Photos, Play Music, Play Movies, Play Games, Play Books, Duo, Google+, and YouTube could all be called as crapware since they aren't required for core phone functions (and upsell for-profit services). I guess it is somewhat a discussion what we mean by "crapware." But I'd argue most reasonable definitions include at least some of Google's pre-installed apps.
- rglullis 8y agoNot defending Google's practices, but there is no double standard here. Apple's apps are also not removable in the iPhone.
- javagram 8y agoNewer iOS does allow removing apps like Stocks, Weather, and Maps, although I don’t know if every trace is actually deleted. I just deleted the built in Mail app from my iPhone and it worked fine.
- saagarjha 8y ago> Newer iOS does allow removing apps like Stocks, Weather, and Maps, although I don’t know if every trace is actually deleted. The app is deleted, but the frameworks and system assets it relies on are not.
- BurritoAlPastor 8y agoActually, most of them are removable! Only a few apps that are deeply tied to the system (Settings, Photos, App Store, Clock, Messages, etc) can’t be deleted, but you can remove Maps, Weather, Music, Calculator, etc.
- JoshTriplett 8y agoYou can remove all of the Google apps, though. (You can't remove the storage space they take up on the phone's ROM, as they ship on the stock device so that they don't need a download at setup time, but you can completely disable them so that they're treated as not installed.) Also, these days, people consider photos, music, videos, email, and similar to be core phone functions; frankly, many people use them more often than they make phonecalls. (Personally, I disable around half of those apps, along with Chrome.)
- Meic 8y agoUnless you count various preinstalled Google apps as crapware.
- maxxxxx 8y agoMy Moto G also has a pretty basic Android without crapware other than a ton of Google Play apps.
- knob 8y agoThat's not true. My Nexus5 had "HP Cloud Print". Undeletable. Which was the reason I installed Cyanogenmod.